Every year when the National Football League playoffs move into the divisional round, there’s always that game. You know, the contest that looks like such a mismatch that no one wants to watch. This...

At the end of every National Football League season, the refrain is constant: what happened in the regular season means nothing in the playoffs. Teams that struggled through the season (and only got in...

At long last, another National Football League season is in the books. It’s playoff time for eight teams. The first week of the postseason, the wildcard round, was not an exciting beginning. In fact,...

For National Football League fans, the end of the season presents a much bigger and more immediate regret than the coming conclusion of another year of their sport: there are so many meaningless games....

It can never be stressed often enough: a championship season is difficult to repeat. In the National Football League a return appearance in the Super Bowl is not a common occurrence. Last year’s participants...